\nBut New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D), whose state led the legal fight against the federal ban, said that’s nonsense. “Their demand begs the question of what they would now start doing to preserve the integrity of their games that they have not been doing for years,” the politician asked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Sports betting might only now becoming legal in varying states, but the activity has been operated through illegal underground channels for as long as sports have been played.<\/p>\n
LPGA Impact<\/b><\/h2>\n
Sports that rely heavily on a single player’s performance \u2013 golf and tennis being perfect examples \u2013 could be more prone to outside influences. And women’s golf is presumably at higher risk than the men’s professional tour due to greatly different pay rates.<\/p>\n
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The No. 125 player on the PGA Tour last year finished with $847,304. That’s roughly 14 times the median household income in America. The No. 125 player on the LPGA Tour finished the 2018 season with $62,580.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A player struggling to make ends meet \u2013 theoretically \u2013 would be more inclined to accept such a bribe.<\/p>\n
“With the growing focus on why sports integrity matters, the LPGA Tour has taken proactive steps to effectively safeguard its tournaments, members, and reputation,\u201d Genius Sports Integrity Operations Director Ben Paterson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is partnering with Genius Sports to better protect the tour from rogue outside influences linked to gambling. The LPGA is the latest professional sports league to reach such an agreement with a firm that can properly monitor sports betting markets for suspicious activity. In May of 2019, the US […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":106937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
LPGA Takes Swing at Sports Betting, Partners With Genius Sports<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n